The Bop Island Jazz Festival Announces Oct 21, 2018 Concert Featuring Polly Gibbons

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. - Oct. 15, 2018 - PRLog -- The Bop Island Jazz Festival is very pleased to announce today that The Bop Island Big Band featuring British Vocal sensation Polly Gibbons Sunday — October 21, 2018 starting at 4pm at the Woodstock Playhouse.

Polly Gibbons recently opened the sold out UK tours for George Benson and Gladys Knight and had two acclaimed performances at the Royal Albert Hall. She was also a featured singer with the Liverpool Philharmonic in a presentation of the music and life story of John Lennon.

Polly's new album, "Is It Me…?" is a journey all its own – a culmination of so many moments that also signifies a meaningful new beginning for both the singer and contemporary jazz. She balances a laid-back jazz feel with high-end soul power.

Polly is backed up by the 16 piece Bop Island Big Band featuring Dave Stahl, Joe Magnarelli, Matt Finley, and Herm Matlock all on trumpet; and on trombone  Doug Sertl, Bruce Eidem, Barry Cooper and Jen Wharton; saxophonists Andrew Gould, John F. Mastroianni, Joel Frahm, Sam Dillon and Frank Basile; on piano Rick Montalbano; on bass Steve LaSpina; and on drums Sherrie Maricle.Arrangers Callum Au and the legendary Slide Hampton.

To learn more about this concert and the other Fall concerts visit  http://www.woodstockplayhouse.org.

About the Bop Island Jazz Festival

The Bop Island Jazz Festival is comprised of a stellar group of musicians and technicians participating in a series of performances at the Woodstock Playhouse. The historic Woodstock Playhouse is the home of The Bop Island Jazz Festival.

Please join us for world class artists presenting Jazz in an intimate setting. The Bop Island Big Band is 16 world class jazz and freelance musicians whose mission is to perform and celebrate the best of big band jazz and provide a forum for new works by some of today's brightest composers and arrangers.

Bop Island Jazz Festival
P.O. Box 1294 Woodstock, NY 124498
845.481.0820
http://www.bopislandjazzfestival.com

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